The recent political upheavals in the Middle East and North Africa region have exposed growing concerns about conflict …

In considering how the euro will affect Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors examine the transmission channels through which …-Saharan Africa mainly exports - an increase in activity in Europe is considered to have a marginal impact on Africa. Exchange rate … flows to Sub-Saharan Africa can be affected through portfolio shifts or through changes in foreign direct investment …

This study briefly summarizes the development experiences of special economic zones in China and Africa, the lessons … that Africa can learn from China, and the preliminary results of the Chinese investments in special economic zones in … Africa. The study makes recommendations on how to unleash the power of special economic zones and industrial zones in Africa …

challenges for Africa today. The significance of Chinese private-sector investment is already visible in the burgeoning … manufacturing sector in some parts of Africa, and the trend will continue to grow in the near future. The underlying force behind …-intensive firms to relocate to other parts of the developing world, including Africa. African host country governments can respond to …

This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … socioeconomic development in Africa …

number of developing countries, notably China, Mexico, and South Africa, matches that of much more advanced countries, such … as Japan, Spain, and the United States. Creating a new combined dataset on foreign direct investment (FDI) (covering … greenfield investments as well as mergers and acquisitions) we show that flows of FDI to Organization for Economic Cooperation …